It’s a Two-for Tuesday: Wraparound WTF
Good Show Sir Comments: Look what the Lovely Submit Button dropped off on our doorstep. Your guess is as good as mine.
Courtesy of “Anony-Mouse”
It’s a Two-for Tuesday: Wraparound WTF
Good Show Sir Comments: Look what the Lovely Submit Button dropped off on our doorstep. Your guess is as good as mine.
Courtesy of “Anony-Mouse”
Tag Wizard Comments: I warned you. They only get worse.
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It’s a Two-fer Tuesday: Russian Dick Blade … and friends!
Good Show Sir Comments: My Google Russian translator tells me the top line says “J. Lord” and РИЧАРД БЛЕЙД is “Richard Blade” and the last line on each is “Hero” and “Winner”. I am assuming they are some sort of omnibus volumes. Feel free to translate.
Thanks to Alex for sending this in.
Published 1994
Only two honourable mentions for the long Easter weekend! Mainly because I have completely lost track of what’s in my inbox!
Good to be back and posting covers again, thanks to everyone for supporting me through the dark times! You all get a cookie!
Piper Comments: It isn’t exactly fantasy/science fiction. It’s psychology. The longer you look the more insane it gets (E.G. Eagle heads in crystals).
Unknown published date
Good Show Sir Comments: Unfortunately I never got to play this, I like to think it would be just as epic as the box art.
Published 1988
MisterBob’s Art Direction: How about a twist on the Excalibur motif, but an AXE instead of a sword. Clever, eh?
Published 1985 (maybe)
Book Wench Comments: ‘Fear in Firland’ is a true masterpiece, written in the 1970s by the vicar of Ladywood, it has all the worst bits of Narnia thrown in with some Native American (?) possibly Middle Ages… something… Any cover that can combine flying saucers and squirrels are okay with me!
Published 1974
Another bank holiday approaches for those in the UK! And also something about celebrating some sort of zombie vampire’s diamond jubilee… so I hear. So we might be taking a break until Wednesday while we sharpen our stakes and resurrect Peter Cushing to stop the foul beast!
So for our honourable mentions we have a collection of books about J. R. R. Tolkien and one about C. S. Lewis. These are simply fantastic and have all been sent in by Missie Kay so a big thanks to her!
Enjoy the covers and if you are benefiting from a long weekend, like me, I hope you enjoy it!
Missie Comments: That’s not what “high fantasy” means, guys.
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Missie Comments: Not a very clear photo, sorry, but Gandalf and Gollum are on his shoulder, and there’s hobbit in his vest pocket.
Missie Comments: Just hangin’ with some orcs.
Missie Comments: Gollum clearly finds J.R.R. more frightening than the giant cave troll staring at him. (back cover of the previous book)
Missie Comments: Bonus cover! C.S. Lewis looks a bit shocked that there’s a naked lady behind him.
Here we are again! It’s been a while for the old honourable mentions but it’s come to that time of year when a can of irn-bru and chocolate is considered an acceptable breakfast!
So if you are having a weekend off I hope you enjoy it and if not… well enjoy these covers that don’t quite make our high standards but we think deserve a special mention.
Have fun!
Good Show Sir Comments: I love Mark Hamill’s pose on this one. It’s got that, “Why are you drawing me?” Look.
Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: Well I like these three drawings you’ve done. I know! Lets just put them all together on the cover.
Matthew’s Art Direction: I want the scariest-looking monster that you can think of on the front!
Stripey Baz Comments: I’m no purveyor of romance novels or indeed Norwegian literature, but I’m pretty sure that it’s not a good thing to have a mutton-chopped blaggard slap a fair maiden across her face. Given the angle that he’s standing at, his body must have twisted like one of those plastic toy action figures…
Well today is a bank holiday and I completely forgot about it. Almost got up to go to work! Almost…
So for all your enjoyment here is a few covers that I believe make the Honourable Mentions standard! Have a good holiday for those who remembered!
DarkZlorf Comments: I’m sure I left my tank parked around here?
Published 1979
Completely stolen from the wonderful Awful Library Books, but because the top left is clearly a copy of Keith Parkinson’s Dragons of War, I thought it too good not to mention! Thanks to John for letting me know about it!
So I found this is in a touristy shop in the wonderful San Diego… paper dolls… what’s with that? Anyway, I had hours of fun recreating all my covers that day!
Published 2010
MisterBOB Comments: There’s this great scene in the book,where the tiger has a burning log in his mouth and it looks just like a cigar. So funny.
Published between 1983 – 1988
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